Umbrella drip-cup



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UMBRELLA DRIP 0UP. No. 330,789. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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UMBRELLA DRIP-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,789, dated November 17, 1885. Application filed June a, 1885. Serial No. 167,937. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVIN T. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella Drip-Cups, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improveddripcup for umbrellas. The object is to provide a metal drip-cup and ferrule for attachment to the end of the stick or handle of an umbrella.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a vertical central section of the drip-cup and ferrule attached to the umbrella-stick. Fig. 2 is a top view of the drip-cup detached. Fig. 3 is a view of the stay. Fig. 4 is a side view of the top part of the drip-cup. Fig. 5 is a side View of the lower part or drip-cup proper and ferrule.

The letterA designates a metal ferrule part, which is to fit tightly on the end of the stick or handle B, and be rigidly fastened thereto, as usual. Thisferrule maybe termed a capferrule, as it has a closed end, a. The dripcup 0 is also made of metal, and at its lower end, d, is permanently attached to or integral with the said ferrule, and both drip-cup and ferrule are water-tight. Thus constructed the umbrella can be carried and handled as a cane, because the ferrule part of the cup is a perfect protection to the stick, and there can be no leak of the rain-water that may be in the cup.

This combined drip-cup and ferrule may go directly on the end of the stick, or may go entirely over a ferrule.already on the stick. The drip-cup in the present instance has a top part, 0, which is-rounded inward or contracts, as at e, toward the rim or opening f, and serves to exclude dirt or trash of any character, besides rendering the cup more sightly. To have the metal cup with this feature, it is necessary to construct it of two parts. These parts may consist of two equal portionsunited on a longitudinal or vertical line, or may consist, as shown in the drawings, of the cup part proper, 0, (shown separately in Fig. 5,) and the top part, 0, (shown in Fig. 4:.) These two parts may be spun or .parts are soldered.

stamped up, and fit snugly together, as the cover fits an ordinary blaoking-box, and said WVhen the end of the stick B is entered and fitted tightly into the ferruleA, and set or fastened thereto, as usual, by a prick-punch or in any other suitable manner, the cup will then be properly attached and the umbrella ready for use. To give greater rigidity, however, to the cup, a stay, H, is provided. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 3.) This stay has a central ring, 71, which is to encircle the stick B, and prongs or arms K radiate from the ring. The ends of the prongs bear against the inside wall of the'cup, as at Z, and, as will be readily understood, the device serves to stay the cup against lateral movements. The cloth or cover n of the umbrella and the collar oare adjacent to the central opening, f, of the cup.

When the umbrella is closed, as shown in Fig. 1, an annular opening is left between the umbrella and the cup-rim f for the entrance into the cup of the rain-water drip.

The inward-contracted top 0 and the stay H are both desirable features of my improvement, and enhance the usefulness and value of the device; but my invention is not limited to a drip-cup provided with them.

I am aware drip-cups have been made or proposed heretofore for umbrellas; but my device, consisting of a metal cup and ferrule in one solid or integral piece, is an improved article.

It will be seen the cup and ferrule are attached to the umbrella by simply slipping the ferrule on the end of the stick or handle, as usual, and that so applied the cup will be water-tight, while the ferrule will protect the stick and enable the umbrella to be handled as a cane.

The advantages and mode of operation of the drip-cup from what has been stated are apparent.

Having described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An umbrella having in combination a drip-cup and ferrule, both water-tight and rigidly attached together, and a handle-stick,

B, having its end entered in the said ferrule.

and rigidly fastened thereto, as set forth.

2. A metal drip-cup for umbrellas, having its lower end permanently attached to a metal which is rounded or contracted inward to a cap-ferrule, and provided with a toppart, rim or Opening, as set forth.- a IO which is rounded or contracted inward to a In testimony whereof I affix my signature in rim or opening, as set forth. presence of two witnesses.

3. A metal drip-eup, G, for umbrellas, hair-i LEVIN T. JONES. ing its lower end permanently attached to a \Vitnesses: metal cap-ferrule, A, and a stay to prevent JNo. T. MADDOX,

lateral movement and provided with a top part, CHAS. B. MANN. 

